Job Details: Marriage and Family Therapist

Description: PhyAmerica Government Services is currently recruiting Marriage and Family Therapists for possible opportunities with the Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (PHTBI) program at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.
Marriage and Family Therapist
Psychological Health

PhyAmerica Government Services is currently recruiting Marriage and Family Therapists for possible opportunities with the Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (PHTBI) program at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. The program seeks to address gaps in the care available for the prevalent injuries among combatants from the global war on terrorism. Through adoption of risk based staffing models and a uniform, best practice standard of care across DOD, the program seeks to ensure easy, rapid access to PH and TBI care for all beneficiaries and to ensure that transition across networks of care recognizes the unique care coordination and case management requirements for PH and TBI patients.

HOURS:
Monday - Friday, 6:30am-8:00pm (8.5 hour shift)

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Consultation, differential diagnosis and treatment planning within the context of family systems for all disorders defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders

Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. To include but not limited to:
Interviewing
Psychosocial and family history taking
Mental status evaluation
Major types of psychotherapy including short and long term, psychodynamic, family, marital, group, individual and behavioral
Crisis intervention
Individual and family case management
Command and community consultation (e.g. health promotion, prevention services and substance abuse counseling)
Discharge planning

QUALIFICATIONS:
Have a minimum of a Master's degree in marriage and family therapy from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE), or a qualifying graduate degree in an allied mental health field from a regionally accredited education institution in conjunction with a program of marriage and family therapy study that is equivalent to the COAMFTE standards, as defined by the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).

Have at least two years postgraduate experience as a Marriage and Family Therapist within the preceding three years.

Have either a state license, state certification, or clinical membership credentials issued by the AAMFT.



Ruby Mangum 1-800-476-4157, 4226; email: ruby.mangum@phyamerica.com

Posting Date: Apr 24 08